de Valognes

The family descending from Hamo de Valoines of Parham may have originated from Valaines in the region of Rennes in Brittany.

At John's accession in 1199 Hamon received lands in Limerick, and in 1200 became Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and bailiff of Glamorgan.

At the Survey, Hamo de Valenis held lands in Parham in Suffolk from Count Alan of Brittany, and the descent of the family is traced through their service to the Honour of Richmond.

Theobald de Valoines succeeded as Lord of Parham, which owed castle-guard service to Richmond Castle, and he flourished c. 1130-1135.

[8][9] Robert married Roesia, sister of William de Blund (of the patron family of Ixworth Priory,[10] who died at the Battle of Lewes, 1264).

[11] Their son Robert the younger, born c. 1247, married Eva, widow of Nicholas Tregoz of Tolleshunt D'Arcy in Essex,[12] and died in 1281 leaving two infant daughters, Rohesia and Cecilia.